Residual Salivary Secretion Ability May Be a Useful Marker for Differential Diagnosis in Autoimmune Diseases

Figure 1

Intergroup comparison of resting salivary flow. The number of colored spots was significantly different among the three groups (). Although the numbers of colored spots in the SjS and the SSc groups were both significantly larger than that in the non-SjS/non-SSc group ( and , resp.), no significant difference was observed between the SjS and the SSc groups.